Phallic Preoccupations

Fragment of a Wall Painting Found at Trolydos

There are also the extensive excavations of Professor Schilaneder at Draikum, a city that flourished during the latter part of the Middle Period. He discovered many objects that appear to be phallic symbols relating to sexually oriented rites – objects used perhaps for fertility, hunting, and agricultural goals. Later there were temples dedicated to phallic worship. Professor Schilaneder unearthed the mural depicting a priest from the Temple of Phallos at Draikum and the mural from the Temple of Phallos at Trolydos, showing erotic images of the principal god, Aar-Tenn. Professor Schilaneder has deciphered the wall prayer-tablets at both sites, and, though the temples were chronologically separated by several hundred years, the prayers chanted by the priests of both temples to ward off impotence were identical.